She dreams in color, she dreams in red
Can't find a better man
Kagome was walking in the woods when she came upon a well that seemed to be built in an odd place. Far from any neighboring homes and with no water when she looked down into it, she couldn't tell what its purpose was. She had been walking for some time lost, but the forest was comforting. She met no one as she wandered aimlessly but the solitude combined with the fresh air and natural sounds of the forest soothed her soul. Choosing to take a rest on the wells edge she couldn't even remember how she got lost in the first place, and oddly wasn't worried if she never found her way out. Leaning back a little and closing her eyes she raised her face to the sun and felt it kiss her skin, a gentle breeze blew through her hair and she sighed in contentment. This place felt so familiar and it filled her heart with happiness being there.
Upon reopening her eyes something red in the trees caught her attention. Confused as to what that could be she decided to get up and walk closer. Soon she was able to see that it was a woman sitting in the tree in miko attire – none other than the woman who caused her such pain and she wasn't alone. There in the tree she witnessed the couple kissing and seemingly unaware of her presence.
Shocked into a stupor all Kagome could do was just stare and stay rooted to the spot. Slowly their kiss ended and Kikyo looked down at her reflection who still stood there. "You poor thing, you really can't find a better man, and unfortunately for you he's already chosen me. I was here long before you, I will be here long after you. Tell me Kagome what will you do?"
It was as if Inuyasha was in a trance, he remained looking forward – not even an ear twitch in either woman's direction. "I will leave him. Any man who can't just love one woman, will never be a one woman man and he will wander. I am done competing with you and I don't know why I ever bothered to try."
"You say you will leave him, for someone who claims to love him those actions are quite the contrary. You would just give him up so easily for me, it goes to show you lack the fortitude to keep what's yours and win your battles." Kikyo sneered
"But I am keeping what's mine, my heart. It never belonged to him as I once thought it did. As you said it was easy for me to give him up to you when I realized I didn't love him. I loved the idea of him. He was never intended to be mine." With a turn of her heel and swish of her hair behind her shoulder Kagome left the older priestess in her tree to venture out on a new path to discover a new life.